Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of June 14 – 20, 2026 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!
JUNE 16
The House on Fifth Street by Tish Bouvier (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Bailey Rae Vaughn thought inheriting her great-aunt’s Victorian house on Fifth Street would mean clearing out the past. Instead, she uncovers a mystery someone spent decades trying to bury. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes, her aunt was protecting something far bigger than a house. And someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried. Format: Digital, Print
Every Lie I Told by Hilary Davidson (Psychological Thriller)
Jackie Swift does whatever it takes to succeed. At work, she spins lies to protect questionable clients at a shady public-relations firm. At home, she helps her younger sister, Madi, evade consequences for dangerous choices she’s made about friends and drugs. But Jackie’s professional and personal worlds collide one night when she gets a call from Madi telling her she overdosed. Rushing to the rescue, Jackie stumbles on an awful scene at an Upper East Side mansion. Madi is nowhere to be found, but she’s left behind a dead body. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Hemlock Bay by Martin Edwards (Traditional Mystery)
The new seaside resort of Hemlock Bay offers something for everyone. For families, it’s the ideal summertime playground for kids and parents alike. For artists, the seascapes are peerless. For swindlers and blackmailers, it’s the perfect place to craft a new identity. And for murderers? That’s what Rachel Savernake, the enigmatic heiress and brilliant amateur sleuth, is about to discover. Format: Digital, Print
Dashing Through The Show by Cindy Goyette (Cozy Mystery)
Murder is under the mistletoe in the peaceful island community of Orca Cove. Holiday plans are put on hold to give attention to the grand opening of the Wiggle Butt Manor Agility Course. Special guest, Bently, is supposed to dazzle on the stage, but the locals have had enough of his snooty trainer, Miles Collins. So has his killer. When Charlie Calderbank finds Miles’ body in the back of her moving van, it becomes the season of giving…alibis, that is. Her hopes for a Christmas romance are dashed when the local hot cop is forced to pay more attention to the clues leading to her door than the chemistry that simmers between them. Format: Digital, Print
The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield by Claudia Gray (Historical Mystery)
Jonathan Darcy has recovered from the wound he received in a duel three months prior, during a disastrous London Season. But his parents aren’t over the shock, and they remain convinced that, no matter how many murderers have been caught via their investigations, Jonathan must end his association with Miss Juliet Tilney—particularly now that she is a young lady of ruined reputation. He prays for some opportunity to be with her again, but unfortunately, the answer to those prayers comes in the form of murder: his uncle Charles Bingley’s brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, is found dead from poisoning at Netherfield Park. Aunt Jane is desperate for answers, which means Miss Tilney must be invited to Netherfield to investigate! Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Three Hitmen and a Baby by Rob Hart (Thriller)
Assassins Anonymous isn’t just a weekly recovery meeting for reformed killers—it’s also a family. When Valencia receives troubling news that her brother has gone missing, she wants rush off to LA to find him. But she can’t bring her baby girl, Lucia. Enter the other members of Assassins Anonymous—Mark, Astrid, and Booker, who offer to watch the toddler while she’s gone. After all, they’re three of the deadliest, most highly skilled people on the planet; what could go wrong? Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd (Cozy Mystery)
When Dolores Chimes, a famous medium, arrives in Gore-on-Sea, even surly Detective Inspector Rideout is lured in by her promises of messages for the afterlife. But after a reading goes disastrously wrong, Dolores loses her life—and the six sitters at the séance with her fall victim to supernatural deaths themselves in the days following the nightmare of a reading. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
The Clew Bay Detectives by Pam Lecky (Traditional Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Reeling from a devastating breakup, landscape gardener Ali Brennan escapes to the small coastal town of Westport, hoping its rugged shoreline and quiet rhythms will help her rebuild her life. But peace is short lived when wealthy landowner John Clifford-Murphy is found dead on a remote island in Clew Bay – alone, and inexplicably without his phone or vital medication. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Midnight Patriots by Paul Levine (Historical Mystery 1940s)
Europe is in flames. Germany occupies much of the continent, and the Blitz rains terror on London. Fritz Duquesne, a German spy straight from the history books, plots to kidnap Einstein and steal America’s nuclear secrets. Enraged by Chaplin’s mockery in The Great Dictator, Adolf Hitler dispatches an SS assassin to silence the man who ridiculed him. The story features Charles Lindbergh, Lena Horne, and J. Robert Oppenheimer—along with a beautiful German spy on a mission of her own. As Nazi agents and FBI operatives close in, all roads lead Einstein and Chaplin to a deadly showdown aboard the Santa Fe Super Chief as it races from Chicago to Los Angeles. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Self-Help for Serial Killers by Asia Mackay (Traditional Mystery)
Homework. Housework. Homicide. You can do it all! Hazel and Fox have it all: two children, a beautiful home, and a late-night habit of eliminating people who deserve it. Yet work-life balance is hard when you want to kill bad men but raise good kids. With a school mum tyrant on Haze’s case, and Fox struggling with performance anxiety after a botched kill, things are spiraling. Therapy isn’t helping, and bullet journaling has taken on a whole new meaning. . . . Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Under the Tree Ferns by Kathryn L. Robinson (Cozy Mystery)
In Puerto Rico, the death of a middle-aged American woman in the heart of El Yunque Rainforest arouses little attention from anyone—except for the sixteen-year-old boy who finds her. Bright and introverted, Eduardo Colón initially shrinks from the publicity stirred up by his find. He has enough problems with his adoptive parents urging him to leave his sheltered life in Puerto Rico and study in the States. But when he learns the dead woman, Laura Morrison, was once his mother’s schoolmate, curiosity overcomes qualms and he searches island-wide for answers. What he discovers draws him into dangerous wartime intrigues and a tangle of disturbing personal connections. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Staged by Caitlin Rother (Thriller)
Investigative reporter Katrina Chopin is back home in San Diego on a mission (or two). The first is personal: reheating the cold case of her parents’ murder and investigating her brother’s reported suicide. The second involves a new spate of deaths with alleged causes that just don’t smell right. She and Detective Ken Goode need each other’s help for both. But she has to keep the sexy surfer at arm’s length, because dating him is off limits. For now. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
The Missing Baroness by Bianca M. Schwarz (Historical Mystery) *first book in a new series*
No one has seen Georgina Bligh in a decade—not since the night her uncle murdered her father and tried to eliminate her as well. Hidden away with her best friend’s family, Georgina has spent the intervening years preparing to claim her rightful place as Baroness of Elmsford. But when a near collision with her uncle on a London street shatters her anonymity, she’s forced to act before her twenty-first birthday. Format: Digital, Print
A Cultivated Corpse by Debra Sennefelder (Cozy Mystery)
The Jefferson Garden Club’s annual plant sale is just around the corner, but Hope Early and other members of the club are more focused on the garden restoration project at Ambrose House. The gorgeous landscaping promises to help return the stately old home to its former glory, but rumors are surfacing of unexplained delays and exorbitant costs. Then the club’s president is found dead amid signs of foul play, and Hope can’t ignore the uneasy feeling that the victim was silenced for something she knew about the renovations. Format: Digital, Print
A Murder in Springtime by Martin Walker (Traditional Mystery)
After Bruno sees he’s missed several phone calls from his longtime neighbor Pamela, he has no idea what to expect. He’s shocked to hear that she’s found her new lodger on her back patio, brutally murdered. Bruno knows that Pamela isn’t capable of killing anyone, but then who’s the culprit? And what’s the motive? The victim had only just moved to town to take a job at the local nursing home. She had no enemies in the village—but no friends, either. Format: Digital, Print
JUNE 17
Madame Pompette Drinks with the Devil by Libby Castle (Cozy Mystery)
Autumn is deepening in Saint-Luke’s-Upon-the-Water, and Charlotte Pompette, ex-circus fortune teller turned tea shop owner, is looking forward to quieter days. With the village settling into its cozy rhythms, her biggest concerns are moderating a local vendetta, keeping Delphi and Tarot out of mischief, and nursing an increasingly grouchy Inspector Owen back to health. Until local pub landlord Denny Horne is found hanging in his cellar, that is. Format: Digital, Print
Peril in Positano by Vivian Conroy (Cozy Mystery)
On a scenic tour of the beautiful Amalfi coast, Miss Atalanta Ashford happily partakes in the spring festival activities at a stunning seaside villa with a rich history. But when a guest dies and her best friend Raoul Lemont is accused of involvement, Atalanta must unravel the villa’s tragic past to catch the real killer and save their Italian holiday. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Recipe for Murder by Marla A. White (Cozy Mystery)
Mel O’Rourke traded her LAPD badge for the quiet life, running a bed-and-breakfast in tiny, quirky Pine Cove. But when Jackson Thibodeaux, the charming café owner who broke her heart, stumbles back into town, her tranquil second act is toast. While attending a culinary academy in New Orleans, Jackson found the body of a classmate. The police rule it a suicide, but Mel’s instincts—and Jackson’s near miss with a bullet—scream murder. Format: Digital, Print
JUNE 18
Escape to St Ives by Deborah Fowler (Cozy Mystery)
Merrin McKenzie’s return to her hometown of St Ives has been a fresh start all round. Putting aside her legal career, she’s determined to give her all to the new artists’ cooperative shop on vibrant Fore Street. There’s also the tantalising prospect of something more than friendship with Chief Inspector Louis Peppiatt. When the glamorous and wealthy Roxy sails into St Ives, Merrin hopes she can cultivate a valuable customer for the shop. Roxy certainly leaves an impression on everyone she meets, but her stories don’t always add up. And in her wake disappearances accumulate and bodies begin to surface. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Secrets In Deep Water Bay by Ann Rose (Cozy Mystery)
Following a clue about my father’s last-known location, Reed and I head to Hong Kong, thinking this trip is all about healing family trauma. We couldn’t be more wrong. Our welcome dinner at the Deep Water Bay Golf Club ends with a shouting match between two of Hong Kong’s most prominent families. Then we get an offer we can’t refuse—find Empress Dowager Cixi’s lost crown jewel for Macau’s most powerful man, who claims to be our biggest fan. Format: Digital, Print
JUNE 19
Cellars Remorse by Donna Clancy (Cozy Mystery)
A quaint, old farmhouse on the outskirts of town goes up for sale. Wild Rose Realty is listed as the agent. Best friends, Eva Cole and Martha Jones, owners of Wild Rose, are busy setting up an open house for the property when one of the owners goes missing. Without both signatures on the required paperwork, the sale is stalled for the time being. Henry Perkins is frantically searching for his sister, Mia, so the property can be sold and he can move from the town to take a new job in the city. Format: Digital
Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.
Publication date subject to change